Housing benefit cuts to hit 62,000 people in the North - NHF

As part of the Government's radical overhaul of the benefits' system, people who claim jobseeker's allowance for 12 months will have their housing benefit automatically cut by 10% - leaving unemployed households to make up the shortfall in their rent. This, says the Federation, would affect over 62,000 people across the North.

In some of the most deprived areas of the North, the NHF says there are 45 jobseekers allowance claimants for every job vacancy - meaning the chances of finding work locally after a year is remote. Read More: